
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 22, 1995                   TAG: 9507240070
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TURMOIL

At a time when both abortion rights and federal financing of family planning are under attack in Congress, Planned Parenthood, which has long led the fight for both, is in upheaval.

Pamela J. Maraldo, who succeeded Faye Wattleton as president two years ago, resigned Friday after apparently failing to muster a vote of confidence at a board meeting last weekend.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has not officially announced her departure, nor has it named a successor. Neither Maraldo nor Dr. Jacqueline Jackson, the chairwoman of the board, returned telephone calls Friday.

Sources both inside Planned Parenthood and outside said Maraldo had aroused opposition with her emphasis on reshaping Planned Parenthood into a broad health organization that could compete in the era of managed care - a focus that some of the group's affiliates felt would inevitably diminish their role as advocates for abortion rights and low-income women's access to health care.

- The New York Times

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